Giants announce roster for 2012 National League Championship Series

The San Francisco Giants set their 25-man roster for the 2012 National League Championship Series vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, club Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean announced today.

The Giants will enter the NLCS with 12 pitchers, two catchers, seven infielders and four outfielders.  The roster includes:

Pitchers
41 Jeremy Affeldt LHP
40 Madison Bumgarner LHP
18 Matt Cain RHP
46 Santiago Casilla RHP
70 George Kontos RHP
55 Tim Lincecum RHP
49 Javier Lopez LHP
50 Jose Mijares LHP
59 Guillermo Mota RHP
54 Sergio Romo RHP
32 Ryan Vogelsong RHP
75 Barry Zito LHP

Catchers
28 Buster Posey C
29 Hector Sanchez C

Infielders
13 Joaquin Arias IF
9 Brandon Belt IF
35 Brandon Crawford IF
17 Aubrey Huff IF
48 Pablo Sandoval IF
19 Marco Scutaro IF
5 Ryan Theriot IF
                                                       
Outfielders
7 Gregor Blanco OF
12 Xavier Nady OF
16 Angel Pagan OF
8 Hunter Pence OF